The Week That Was, September 18th-24th 2017
Politics/Economy The Danish People’s Party (DPP) and the government agreed on a plan that would reduce the vehicle registration taxes. The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada came into force…
MoreLars Løkke – the ‘Comeback Kid’
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has had a turbulent, at times controversial, political career but there are signs he’s slowly re-gaining voters’ confidence, according to leading political commentator Thomas Larsen who writes in…
MoreDK firms rush to exploit Canada trade deal
Danish firms are gearing up to take advantage of the new Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement(CETA) between the EU and Canada, which removes nearly 99% of tariffs between the two markets. CETA officially…
MoreOpposition backs DPP in car registration stand-off
Opposition parties have joined forces to back the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) alternative vehicle registration tax plan. The government called for a flat 100% tax in its draft budget for 2018 but the…
MoreTwo more arrested in Copenhagen for supporting ISIS
The Danish Intelligence Agency (PET) and Copenhagen Police have arrested a 28 year-old man and a 29 year-old woman for allegedly purchasing and shipping items “to be used in combat” from Denmark to…
MoreTax authority clamps down on underground economy
A unanimous parliament has reached agreement agreed on a new set of initiatives to strengthen the Danish Tax Authority’s (SKAT) power to fight tax evasion and crack down on the ‘black’ underground economy….
MoreAlternatives’ election campaign funded by tax havens
The Alternatives received DKK 450,000 in campaign funding from tax havens in Gibraltar and Luxembourg during their last election campaign. The support came in 2015 from Ditlev Bredahl, a venture capitalist and tech…
MoreConsumer confidence, retail sales dip
Denmark’s consumer confidence fell for the second straight month in September. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index fell to 7.3 in September from 7.6 in August. In July, the…
MoreFake news: Mary’s pregnant!
An Australian gossip magazine’s claim that Crown Princess Mary is pregnant again has been dismissed as ‘pure crap’. New Idea, which has over a million Facebook followers and just as many weekly readers,…
MoreLøkke – the ‘green’ PM
It’s no coincidence that Lars Løkke Rasmussen is trying to portray himself as a ‘green visionary’, TV2’s political analyst Peter Lautrup-Larsen said yesterday after the prime minister launched the P4G – Partnering for…
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